Class Environment

St. James High School


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 78 Down from 79
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 83.3 Up from 78.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.3 Up from 92.3
Average teacher salary $72,313 Up from $69,148
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.4 Down from 94.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 94.3 Up from 89.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 82.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.6 to 1 Up from 32.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.2 Down from 6.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.9 Down from 1.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 2

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.